CD's and Download...has it altered..

[3db]

Has the advent of CD's and downlaods altered the way people listen to music? Instead of listening to a whole album and getting to know the artist better, I'm wondering if the convience of CDs in skipping tracks to playing just the hits or just downloading the hits has changed the listening habits of our kids generation? In effect really limited their exposure to whats popular instead of whats good? I also wonder how much gender plays into effect here. I know there are always exceptions but as a whole, had the younger populous moved to whats in as opposed to whats good.

 

[PeterWhite]

In the sixties lots of kids only bought the "hits". That's what 45 rpm records were all about.

I bought three 45's; Shapes of Things by the Yardbirds, Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, and Hey Jude/Revolution, by those four guys.

 

[3db]

In the sixties lots of kids only bought the "hits". That's what 45 rpm records were all about.

I bought three 45's; Shapes of Things by the Yardbirds, Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, and Hey Jude/Revolution, by those four guys.

So what your saying is that convience plays no bearing in general to how youth listens to music? I too had some 45s but whent it came to artist I liked, I bought the album and listened to it in its entirety. I was reluctant to move the needle for fear of damaging the grooves thus forcing me to listen to the music. But with CD's its too easy to hit the skip function and move along.

 

[lsiberian]

So what your saying is that convience plays no bearing in general to how youth listens to music? I too had some 45s but whent it came to artist I liked, I bought the album and listened to it in its entirety. I was reluctant to move the needle for fear of damaging the grooves thus forcing me to listen to the music. But with CD's its too easy to hit the skip function and move along.

Some songs are worthy of skipping and shouldn't even be released ever.

but I always listen to an album first fully. I paid 12 bucks. I'm gonna see if I like the other stuff too.

For example Shinedown has a great album with a good song on every track.

Fuel has had some really bad albums with a pair of great songs.

 

[adwilk]

For example Shinedown has a great album with a good song on every track.

Fuel has had some really bad albums with a pair of great songs.

I agree with the two above statements. Sound of Madness is pretty good all the way through. Other than shimmer, Sunburn was pretty awful.

As soon as I get a cd, it gets ripped onto the computer, never to be seen again. I keep em.. its a backup and maybe just maybe I'll look at the jacket.

That said.... OF COURSE its changed the way kids listen to music. I'm not a kid and I rarely listen to a whole album... I already know what I like though and I'll give new stuff a spot test. OCCASIONALLY I'll let Itunes run its genius thing and pick out some songs I may not know. Run that two or three generations deep and sample some stuff. I've found some great bands that way.

 

[PeterWhite]

So what your saying is that convience plays no bearing in general to how youth listens to music? I too had some 45s but whent it came to artist I liked, I bought the album and listened to it in its entirety. I was reluctant to move the needle for fear of damaging the grooves thus forcing me to listen to the music. But with CD's its too easy to hit the skip function and move along.

Sure it's more convenient. And why wouldn't people skip over songs they don't like? How many people wanted to listen to "Why don't we do it in the road?"

 

[oppman99]

I'm going the way of computer based music as well. As far as changing the way I listen to music, I guess it depends on the mood I'm in. I still like to play whole albums, especially classics like Stevie Ray Vaughn and Eric Clapton. I hate the way radio stations overplay the 'popular' songs, which ruins them for me. I also won't buy an album unless it has more than 2 good tracks. On the flip side, there are times I just want to hear certain tunes and then I go right to them.

 

[davidtwotrees]

Gosh, I have no nostalgia for listening to music in the old way. I'm 48, and started out with albums......then eight tracks and cassettes, then cds. I currently own a 1992 Toyota pick up with a cassette deck in it. I don't want to bother trying to swap out the stereo, so I've dug up a cassette deck and recoreded some cassettes off my music server. What an archaic way to listen to music! You make it sound as if skipping tracks is a bad thing. I like the new technology. Do I want an Ipod with 8,000 songs on it? No, I don't have that kind of time, and I don't like how the "kids" steal the music. But as far as formats go.........sheesh, cds and music on hard drives is a much better way to listen to music, imho. Gosh, I know some people that think a motorized volume control is just a terrible thing, and yet, I wouldn't want to listen to music without it. I don't think there is a wrong or right here. Whatever makes you happy that doesn't harm others is fine by me.........